Orange, yellow alerts issued in Kerala
The Hindu
Rainfall has been fairly widespread across the State, and the trend is likely to continue over the next few days with a low pressure area expected to form in the Bay of Bengal by Sunday. “Due to furth
Rainfall has been fairly widespread across the State, and the trend is likely to continue over the next few days with a low pressure area expected to form in the Bay of Bengal by Sunday. “Due to further strengthening of southwesterly winds from Arabian Sea and the likely formation of a low pressure area over west-central and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal off Odisha coast by July 11 (Sunday), enhanced rainfall activity with fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy falls is very likely along the west coast and adjoining peninsular India and is very likely to continue during next five days,” the India Meteorological Department (IMD) Meteorological Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, noted on Saturday.The fear of being caught for traffic rule violation has indeed compelled many two-wheeler riders to wear helmets. But one cursory look at riders at any traffic junction in Bengaluru shows that more than half the riders have on their heads non-standard helmets, designed solely to evade the eye of law, with little concern for the safety of their own heads.
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